Biography

Small business owner. Former legislative staffer for US Representative Jim Sensenbrenner and Republican leadership in the Wisconsin Assembly. Council of State Governments 2014 Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD) Fellow.

11/14/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 640Relating to: creating the innovation fund and economic development programs funded by that fund, establishing the Innovation Fund Council, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice and services to state agencies and others, and making appropriations. (FE)

11/8/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 525Relating to: creating the innovation fund and economic development programs funded by that fund, establishing the Innovation Fund Council, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice and services to state agencies and others, and making appropriations. (FE)

10/27/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 481Relating to: eliminating deductions for moving expenses for businesses that move out of the state or out of the United States. (FE)

2017 Co-authored Proposals

2/1/2018: 2017 Assembly Bill 911Relating to: funding for the Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission and making an appropriation. (FE)

2/1/2018: 2017 Assembly Bill 910Relating to: updating references to the Internal Revenue Code relating to certain individual income tax provisions, limiting the income tax deduction for certain tuition payments, clarifying the duties of the College Savings Program Board, a sales and use tax exemption for title holding entities for certain tax-exempt charitable organizations, and computing depletion for income and franchise tax purposes. (FE)

1/26/2018: January 2018 Special Session Assembly Bill 5Relating to: creating a pilot and permanent program for making periodic payments to eligible recipients of the earned income tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE)

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 775Relating to: the showing of a substantial likelihood that a parent will not meet the conditions established for the safe return of the child to the home in a termination of parental rights proceeding.

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 781Relating to: defining dental care for the purpose of consenting for services for a child in out-of-home care.

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 780Relating to: notice to a school of a permanency review or hearing, notice to a school district of a foster home or group home license or out-of-home care placement, and transfer of pupil records.

5/25/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 348Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE)

5/12/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 317Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; retrospective economic impact analyses for rules; and reporting by the Legislative Reference Bureau on rules in need of revision. (FE)

5/4/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 296Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)

4/20/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 259Relating to: the length of the recognition period for built-in gains tax; the evidentiary standard for proving a transaction has economic substance; participation by the Department of Revenue in the Multistate Tax Commission Audit Program; and reliance by a taxpayer on past audits by the Department of Revenue. (FE)

3/20/2017: 2017 Assembly Joint Resolution 20Relating to: rules and procedures for convening an Article V convention proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

3/20/2017: 2017 Assembly Joint Resolution 21Relating to: application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for a convention for proposing amendments relating to a balanced budget.

3/6/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 124Relating to: marketing of employment and training opportunities to former University of Wisconsin System students and making an appropriation. (FE)

2017 Cosponsored Proposals

2/21/2018: 2017 Senate Bill 817Relating to: funding for the Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission and making an appropriation. (FE)

2/1/2018: 2017 Senate Bill 764Relating to: updating references to the Internal Revenue Code relating to certain individual income tax provisions, limiting the income tax deduction for certain tuition payments, clarifying the duties of the College Savings Program Board, a sales and use tax exemption for title holding entities for certain tax-exempt charitable organizations, and computing depletion for income and franchise tax purposes. (FE)

1/26/2018: January 2018 Special Session Senate Bill 5Relating to: creating a pilot and permanent program for making periodic payments to eligible recipients of the earned income tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE)

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 652Relating to: the showing of a substantial likelihood that a parent will not meet the conditions established for the safe return of the child to the home in a termination of parental rights proceeding.

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 655Relating to: notice to a school of a permanency review or hearing, notice to a school district of a foster home or group home license or out-of-home care placement, and transfer of pupil records.

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 656Relating to: a committee to study and make recommendations on the caseloads of child welfare workers. (FE)

6/23/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 322Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; retrospective economic impact analyses for rules; and reporting by the Legislative Reference Bureau on rules in need of revision. (FE)

5/4/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 217Relating to: funding for the Department of Transportation and making appropriations. (FE)

4/20/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 216Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)

4/20/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 203Relating to: the length of the recognition period for built-in gains tax; the evidentiary standard for proving a transaction has economic substance; participation by the Department of Revenue in the Multistate Tax Commission Audit Program; and reliance by a taxpayer on past audits by the Department of Revenue. (FE)

3/16/2017: 2017 Senate Joint Resolution 18Relating to: application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for a convention for proposing amendments relating to a balanced budget.

12/13/2017: 2017 ASA1-AB640Relating to: creating the innovation fund and economic development programs funded by that fund, establishing the Innovation Fund Council, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice and services to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, requiring certain information to be included in business formation filings, and making appropriations.

8/11/2017: AU7 2017 ASA1-AB1Relating to: authorizing the creation of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and, in connection with that zone, authorizing certain tax benefits, creating special provisions for tax incremental districts, creating exemptions from wetland and waterway permits and Public Service Commission certificates; making changes to the enterprise zone tax credit program; authorizing limited use of the design-build construction process; authorizing certain counties to issue debt backed by sales and use tax revenue; facilitating a worker training and employment program; making changes to town incorporation procedures; granting contingent highway bonding authority; and making appropriations.